March 20th at 1:57 pm central time the Vernal Equinox begins. On this day we should be closer to seeing an equal amount of day light and darkness (it should be twelve hours of each but we'll be a few minutes off,I'm afraid).

The sun will be setting a minute to a few minutes later each afternoon over the next few months - providing more daylight for you to enjoy to warmer weather.

Hopefully the final week of winter won't bring us any surprises and we can coast in to spring quietly.

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